Senior Lecturer/Lecturer English Language Education

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• To teach English as a Home & Second Language at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• To teach English as a Foreign language at a postgraduate level.
• To teach Meta Theories in Language at a postgraduate level.
• To supervise postgraduate students in Language and Education.
• To engage in the assessment of School-Based Learning and Teaching.
• To publish and lead research in the field of Language and Education.
• To participate in Community Engagement.

• Facilitate learning, teaching, and assessment processes in the Faculty.
• Engage in scholarly work with an increased focus on the Africanisation and Decolonization of the use of Language in Education.
• Research and Collaborate in the field of Language and Education.
• Participate in Faculty administration.

• Facilitate teaching, learning and assessment processes in the field of Language in Education.
• Facilitate the teaching of English Language at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• A sound knowledge of teaching and assessment strategies within the digital space as it relates to the field of language and Education.
• Ability to adapt the teaching of English Language to a diverse group of students.
• Ability to conduct scholarly work with an increased focus on Africanization and Decolonization of languages within of education.
• Supervision of postgraduate students to completion would be an advantage.
• Ability to work and effectively engage in interdisciplinary discourses in the field of languages.
• Facilitate and engage in curriculum development processes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Ability to work in Moodle.

• A relevant PhD or M Ed degree in Language in Education or equivalent.
• At least 2 years' experience in teaching English at a school level
• At least 3 years' experience in teaching English at a university level
• A proven record of:
  • supervising M&D students to completion.
  • Research productivity in and around the field of Language in Education.
• A sound disciplinary knowledge of Language in Education.